An app that includes an array of business and financial e-books and digital publications, Mobipocket Reader is compatible with the BlackBerry Curve and Pearl. Mobipocket Reader is also compatible with the BlackBerry Bold including the 9000, 9700, 9650, 9780 and other BlackBerry Bold models. The e-book reader is free, available from a third-party app provider and installs via BlackBerry Desktop Manager's sync process.

Specifications

Mobipocket Reader enables you to read and purchase e-books and other digital publications. The app also includes an e-news component that delivers news publications to your BlackBerry Bold in the form of an email from Mobipocket Reader. The app’s “New Arrivals” component lists any new electronic publications available in the app’s online bookstore. Like other online bookstores, you need to create an account in order to make purchases via the app.

Features

Mobipocket Reader includes the ability to make annotations, perform full text searches, highlight words and passages within e-books and draw free hand within the reader. You can also create custom links to passages within e-books on your BlackBerry Bold as well as rotate a publication’s screen, auto scroll pages and custom the reader to your liking.

Over the Air EBookstore

The app’s “Over the Air EBookstore” sends purchases you make from the online bookstore directly to your BlackBerry Bold without having to connect the smartphone to your computer. Mobipocket recommends you have unlimited data usage before using the Over the Air eBookstore; otherwise, you could incur an increase in your phone’s data usage charge.

Downloading

Mobipocket Reader for your BlackBerry Bold is no longer available from the Mobipocket website, but the app is available from a third-party BlackBerry app provider. To download Mobipocket Reader, open your computer’s Internet browser and navigate to the “Mobipocket Reader for BlackBerry 6.0.76” link (see Resources), and click the “Download Free Mobipocket Reader for Blackberry for Blackberry Bold 9700 (Rrim Onyx)” link. Save the file to your BlackBerry Bold’s BlackBerry Desktop Manager folder. Mobipocket Reader downloads within a Zip file. Double-click the filename to unzip the file, and then perform a sync process to load the app onto your BlackBerry Bold.

About the Author

Nick Davis is a freelance writer specializing in technical, travel and entertainment articles. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Memphis and an associate degree in computer information systems from the State Technical Institute at Memphis. His work has appeared in "Elite Memphis" and "The Daily Helmsman" in Memphis, Tenn. He is currently living in Albuquerque, N.M.